Live Updates: Wisconsin GOPA files emergency petition to block final certification of election results


The Wisconsin GOP filed an emergency petition in the state Supreme Court Tuesday to stop the final certification of election results, as two counties have moved forward with a count.

Republicans, not affiliated with President Trump’s legal team, alleged that “private money received by Mark Zuckerberg” was used illegally for absentee voting laws, primarily an absentee voting law, the only exception to Wisconsin’s Photo ID Act. . Cast thousands of illegal absentee ballots. ”

G.O.P. The lawsuit alleges that the number of illegal votes exceeded the number by which President-elect Joe Biden won 20,608.

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    • President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump is under scrutiny.

The countdown began slowly last week, but by Tuesday, work was “very close to getting back on schedule” and could only be completed by Wednesday, said Brian Rothgary, a spokesman for the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors.

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